Famous Deaths Happened In April - 15

1053  Death of Godwin, Earl of Wessex on this day in history.   

1220  Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

1415  On this day in history death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian   

1472  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on this day in history.   

1605  Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on this day in history.   

1607  Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 on April - 15.   

1610  On April - 15 johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62   

1621  Death of John Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony on April - 15.   

1632  On this day in history death of george Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580)   

1641  Death of Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581) on this day in history.   

1652  On April - 15 death of patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church   

1659  Simon Dach, German poet, dies on April - 15.   

1719  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1754  On this day in history death of jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676)   

1756  On April - 15 johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29   

1761  On this day in history death of archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682)   

1764  Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies on April - 15.   

1765  Michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1788  On April - 15 giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77   

1793  Death of Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718) on this day in history.   

1804  Death of Charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761) on this day in history.   

1811  Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70 on April - 15.   

1824  Theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61 on April - 15.   

1853  Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67 on April - 15.   

1854  Death of Arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773) on April - 15.   

1863  On this day in history jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90   

1866  On this day in history william Jackson, composer, dies at 51   

1888  Matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65 on April - 15.   

1889  Death of Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840) on April - 15.   

1891  On this day in history stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49   

1898  On April - 15 death of kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader   

1911  On this day in history georg Knorr, German engineer, dies   

1912  Death of Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850) on April - 15.   

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1452  On this day in history birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary   

1469  Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on April - 15.   

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on April - 15.   

1552  On April - 15 birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)   

1588  On April - 15 birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist   

1637  On this day in history birth of valentin Molitor, composer   

1641  On April - 15 birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)   

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on April - 15.